Singaporeans participate in a wide variety of sports for
recreation
Recreation is an activity of leisure, leisure being discretionary time. The "need to do something for recreation" is an essential element of human biology and psychology. Recreational activities are often done for enjoyment, amusement, or pleasur ...
as well as for competition. Popular sports include
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
, swimming,
track and field, basketball,
rugby union, badminton, table tennis, and cycling. Many
public residential areas provide amenities like swimming pools, outdoor spaces (i.e.
street football
The terms street football and street soccer (American and Canadian English) encompass a number of informal varieties of association football. These informal pick up games do not necessarily follow the requirements of a formal game of footbal ...
and basketball courts, running tracks) and indoor sport centres, with facilities for badminton, table tennis,
squash among others.
As an island city-state, Singapore is surrounded by waters thus, many Singaporeans also enjoy
water sports like swimming,
water polo, sailing,
kayak
A kayak is a small, narrow watercraft which is typically propelled by means of a double-bladed paddle. The word kayak originates from the Greenlandic word ''qajaq'' ().
The traditional kayak has a covered deck and one or more cockpits, each se ...
ing,
rowing and
waterskiing. There is also a number of avid recreational
scuba divers
This is a list of underwater divers whose exploits have made them notable.
Underwater divers are people who take part in underwater diving activities – Underwater diving is practiced as part of an occupation, or for recreation, where t ...
, a prominent diving spot being the southern island of
Pulau Hantu, famous for its
coral reefs.
Although Singapore does not have a ''
de jure'' national sport, football is arguably the most popular
spectator sport
A spectator sport is a sport that is characterized by the presence of spectators, or watchers, at its competitions. Spectator sports may be professional sports or amateur sports. They often are distinguished from participant sports, which are m ...
in Singapore. Singapore has its own professional football
league
League or The League may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Leagues'' (band), an American rock band
* ''The League'', an American sitcom broadcast on FX and FXX about fantasy football
Sports
* Sports league
* Rugby league, full contact footba ...
, known as the
Singapore Premier League (formerly known as S. League). Launched in 1996, it consists of nine teams competing against one another, with one based in
Brunei, as of 2023. Since 2019, all eight teams in Singapore shared their home stadiums with one other team, which are mostly located in heartland towns. In 1998, 2004, 2007 and 2012, the
Singapore national football team were champions in the
AFF Championship, the premier football competition in
Southeast Asia.
Singapore athletes have performed well in both regional and international competitions, mainly in swimming, badminton, table tennis,
bowling, sailing,
water polo,
sepak takraw, and
silat. To date, Singapore has won a total of one gold, two silver and two bronze
Olympic medals. Singapore has also amassed a total of 41 gold, 59 silver and 117 bronze medals at the
Asian Games
The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ...
.
Recreational
The most popular sports in Singapore include outdoor sports like
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
, swimming,
track and field,
rugby union and cycling as well as various indoor sports like badminton, table tennis and basketball.
Most Singaporeans live in
public residential areas with amenities like swimming pools, outdoor spaces (i.e.
street football
The terms street football and street soccer (American and Canadian English) encompass a number of informal varieties of association football. These informal pick up games do not necessarily follow the requirements of a formal game of footbal ...
and basketball courts, running tracks) and indoor sport centres, with facilities for badminton, table tennis,
squash among others.
As an island city-state, Singapore is surrounded by waters thus, water sports like swimming,
water polo, sailing,
kayak
A kayak is a small, narrow watercraft which is typically propelled by means of a double-bladed paddle. The word kayak originates from the Greenlandic word ''qajaq'' ().
The traditional kayak has a covered deck and one or more cockpits, each se ...
ing,
rowing and
waterskiing are also popular among Singaporeans.
Domestic competition
Singapore has its own
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
league, the
Singapore Premier League (formerly known as S. League), formed in 1996, which comprises nine clubs, including one based in Brunei.
In 2003, Singapore hosted a round of the UIM
F1H2O World Championship in
Marina Bay. The event subsequently took the title of Singapore Grand Prix.
In 2006, the
Singapore Slingers joined the
National Basketball League in Australia but, left in 2008. The Singapore Slingers were one of the inaugural teams in the
ASEAN Basketball League founded in October 2009.
Beginning in 2008, Singapore started hosting a round of the
Formula One World Championship. The race was staged at the
Marina Bay Street Circuit in the
Marina Bay area, and became the first night race on the F1 calendar,
and the first street circuit in Asia.
Government-sanctioned programmes
The
Government of Singapore
The Government of Singapore is defined by the Constitution of Singapore to mean the executive branch of the state, which is made up of the president and the Cabinet. Although the president acts in their personal discretion in the exercise ...
sanctions a variety of sports-based programmes for
education in addition to the normal
physical education. The
National Physical Fitness Award (NAPFA) was introduced in 1982, a scheme which requires mandatory participation of all students within primary and secondary education. The scheme gives awards for a variety of physical tests for
endurance,
cardiovascular fitness and strength, including a medium-distance run of 1.6 or 2.4 kilometres for primary and secondary students respectively, and the results are reflected in each student's
report book. As such, although gaining an award is not mandatory, students are often pressured to do so.
In addition, the government sponsors the
Singapore Sports School, which was established on 2 April 2004, combining a secondary school curriculum with professional training in each student's preferred sport, in an attempt to nurture future generations of sportsmen and sportswomen. The concept behind the Singapore Sports School is that sporting talent should not be compromised when striving for academic excellence.
Youth Olympic Games
On 21 February 2008 the
International Olympic Committee announced
that Singapore won the bid to host the inaugural
2010 Summer Youth Olympics
The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics ( ta, 2010 கோடைக்கால இளையோர் ஒலிம்பிக் விளையாட்டுக்கள் ms, Sukan Olimpik Belia Musim Panas 2010), officially known as the I Summer ...
. Singapore beat Moscow in the final by 53 votes to 44. On 15 September 2010, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for
Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports Teo Ser Luck announced that Singapore will start off the
Singapore Biennale Games initiative to keep up the Singapore Youth Olympic Games 2010 Legacy, to be held every 2 years, starting from year 2011.
Singapore has also performed well in subsequent editions of the Youth Olympic Games. To date, the country has won a total of 2 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze medals. Singapore sent its first 3 winter sport athletes to the
2020 Winter Youth Olympics
The 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games (german: Olympische Jugend-Winterspiele 2020; french: Jeux olympiques de la jeunesse d'hiver de 2020; it, Giochi olimpici giovanili invernali del 2020; rm, Gieus olimpics da giuvenils d'enviern 2020), offic ...
held in
Lausanne, Switzerland.
Rugby union
Rugby was first introduced in Singapore during the late 19th century, when Singapore was still a Crown colony part of the British Empire. It has had a steady presence since the beginning of the 20th century, when the Malay Cup between the
Singapore national team and the
Malayan national team was established, which was one of the oldest rugby competitions in the world.
[Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Complete Book of Rugby'' (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ) p71]
List of achievements
Badminton
*
Wong Peng Soon
Wong Peng Soon, (; 17 February 1917 – 22 May 1996) was a Malayan/Singaporean badminton player who reigned as a top player in Malaya from the 1930s to the 1950s when it was a single nation. Noted for his smooth but powerful strokes and gra ...
**1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, All-England Champion, Men's singles
*
Ong Poh Lim
Ong Poh Lim (; 18 November 1923 – 17 April 2003) was a Malayan/Singaporean badminton player who had won numerous national and international titles from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. Known for his quickness and his aggressive, unorthodox ...
**1954, All-England Champion, Men's doubles
*
Li Li
**2002, Gold, Commonwealth Games in Manchester, Women's singles
*
Ronald Susilo
Ronald Susilo (; born 6 June 1979) is a Singaporean former badminton player. Susilo was ranked sixth, his highest ranking, in 2004.
Susilo started his badminton career at age 19 and had represented Singapore since 2002. He had represented Singa ...
**2004, Gold, 2004 Japan Open, Men's singles
*
Loh Kean Yew
Loh Kean Yew (; born 26 June 1997) is a Singaporean badminton player. He is the former men's singles world champion, winning the title at the 2021 BWF World Championships, becoming the first Singaporean to achieve this feat.
Born in Penang, M ...
**2021, Champion,
BWF World Championships in Spain, Men's singles
*
Terry Hee
Terry Hee Yong Kai (; born 6 July 1995) is a Singaporean badminton player. In mixed doubles with Jessica Tan, Hee won his first World Tour title at the 2022 India Open. They repeated their success at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Early life ...
**2022, Gold, Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Mixed doubles
*
Tan Wei Han
Jessica Tan Wei Han (; born 16 July 1993) is a Singaporean badminton player. Together with Terry Hee, they won their first BWF World Tour title as a duo at the 2022 India Open. Tan along with Hee also won the gold medal in the mixed doubles even ...
**2022, Gold, Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Mixed doubles
Basketball
*
Singapore national basketball team
The Singapore men's national basketball team is the national team for Singapore in basketball. It is managed by the ''Basketball Association of Singapore'' (BAS), formerly the Singapore Amateur Basketball Association (SABA).
At the Asian Bask ...
**
South East Asian Games
The Southeast Asian Games, also known as the SEA Games, is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games are under the regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with supe ...
***1979-Bronze Medal
***2013-Bronze Medal
***2015-Bronze Medal
**
ASEAN Basketball Championship
The SEABA Championship is a basketball tournament national teams organized by the Southeast Asia Basketball Association, a sub-zone of the FIBA Asia. It serves as a qualifier for the FIBA Asia Cup
The FIBA Asia Cup (formerly the FIBA Asia Ch ...
***2001-Bronze Medal
***2013-Bronze Medal
*
Singapore Slingers
**In 2006, they were the first and only Asian team that was ever given permission to play in
Australia's NBL. They finished the
2006–07 NBL season
The 2006–07 NBL season was the 29th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. For the first time, a team was established from outside the Australasian area, with the Singapore Slingers taking over the licence of the Hunter Pirates. ...
with a 13–20 record.
**
ASEAN Basketball League
***2016-Final Runner Up
***2018-Final Runner Up
***2019-Final Runner Up
Bodybuilding
*
Joan Liew Lee Ting
** 2011, 1st place, NPC Tournament of Champions held in USA
** 2010, 2nd place, NPC Tournament of Champions held in USA
** 2009, 1st place, Multi Asian Championships (over 52 kg)
** 2006, 1st place, Asian Women's Open Invitational Championships in Singapore (Welterweight)
** 2006, Guest posing at Singapore Bodybuilding Championships in Singapore
** 2002, Gold, Asian Women's bodybuilding Championships in China
** 2001, Guest posing at Singapore Bodybuilding Championships in Singapore
** 2001, 7th place, 6th World Games in Japan (over 52 kg)
** 2000, Gold, Asian Bodybuilding Championships
*
Abdul Halim bin Haron
Abdul Halim bin Haron is bodybuilder from Singapore who was inducted into the Singapore Sports Council's Hall of Fame for his impressive performance over the years. Starting his professional career in the welterweight category in the late 1 ...
** 2000, Bronze, Asian Championship, welterweight (75 kg)
** 2002, Gold, Asian Games in Busan, bantamweight (65 kg)
*
Azman bin Abdullah
Azman Bin Abdullah (born 17 June 1963) is a Singaporean bodybuilder.
Career
In 1993, he became the first in Singapore to win a gold medal at the IOC-sanctioned World Games Bodybuilding Championships in the middleweight category, outmuscling 51 ...
**1993, Gold, IOC-sanctioned World Games Bodybuilding Championships, middleweight
**1993, Gold, World Bodybuilding Championships, middleweight
** 3-time Mr Asia
*
Simon Chua
Chua Ling Fung Simon is a bodybuilder from Singapore who started off as an instructor in a gymnasium before taking up the sport full-time. In 1991, he came in third in his first participation in a national event at the under-21 National Ch ...
** 2002, Gold, Asian Games in Busan, welterweight (75 kg)
** 2002, Gold, Commonwealth Bodybuilding Championships in Calcutta, welterweight (75 kg)
** 2003, Bronze, commonwealth bodybuilding champs
*
Danie Dharma
**Asian Championship Classic Physique 2017
**World Regional Championships Classic Physique Class B Category 2018
**NPC Worldwide Singapore Men's Bodybuilding 2023 Overall Winner
Bowling
*
Adelene Wee Chin Suan
**1985, won 3 Golds at Asian FIQ Youth Championships, in Singles, Masters, and Team
**1985, won Ladies Masters champion, World FIQ Championship in London
*
Jesmine Ho
**2001, Masters Champion, World Bowling Masters Championship in Abu Dhabi
*
Jennifer Tan
Jennifer or Jenifer may refer to:
People
*Jennifer (given name)
* Jenifer (singer), French pop singer
* Jennifer Warnes, American singer who formerly used the stage name Jennifer
* Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer
* Daniel Jenifer
Film and televis ...
**2002, Masters Champion, World Bowling Masters Championship in Denmark
*
Remy Ong
Remy Ong (; born 22 November 1978) is a Singaporean bowler and former world champion.
Remy made his name in the 2002 Asian Games at Busan as the captain for the men's team when he became the nation's only second male multiple-gold ...
**2002, won 3 Golds, Asian Games in Busan, Single, Trios, and Masters
Chess
*
Ignatius Leong
*
Lian Ann Tan
Tan Lian Ann (born 8 September 1947) is a Singaporean chess master.
Career
He played at Perth 1962/63 (AUS-ch, John Purdy won); at Vrnjačka Banja 1963 (7th World Junior Chess Championship (U-20), Florin Gheorghiu won), and at Barcelona 1965 ( ...
Cricket
*
Singapore national cricket team
**
2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Six
The 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Six was a cricket tournament held from 29 August to 5 September 2009 in Singapore. The tournament was the second stage of the qualification structure for the 2015 World Cup as well as part of the wider ...
: Champions
**
2012
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ICC World Cricket League Division Five: Champions
**
2014 ACC Premier League
The three-tier ACC Premier League tournament has evolved from the former two-tier ACC Trophy cricket competition. The 2014–15 season started with top tier tournament which was held in Malaysia in May. It gives Associate and Affiliate members ...
: Winner
**
2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier
The 2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier was a cricket tournament held during October and November 2019 in the United Arab Emirates to determine which teams would qualify for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament. The six teams finishing ...
: 11th place
**
2020 ACC Eastern Region T20
The 2022 Asia Cup Qualifier was a men's cricket tournament which took place in Oman in August 2022 to determine qualification for the 2022 Asia Cup (which was originally scheduled to be played in 2020). The 2020 editions of the ACC Western and Eas ...
: Winner (Qualified for
2020 Asia Cup Qualifier
The 2022 Asia Cup Qualifier was a men's cricket tournament which took place in Oman in August 2022 to determine qualification for the 2022 Asia Cup (which was originally scheduled to be played in 2020). The 2020 editions of the ACC Western and Ea ...
)
**
2022
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ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier: 8th place
*
Tim David
Timothy Hays David (born 16 March 1996) is a Singapore born Australian cricketer. He played for the Singapore national cricket team between 2019 and 2020, before switching allegiance to Australia in 2022. He was part of the Australian team's sq ...
** Played for Singapore (2019-2020)
** Averaged 46.5 runs for Singapore in T20I cricket, the highest Singaporean average
** First Singaporean to play in the
IPL
The Indian Premier League (IPL), also known as TATA IPL for sponsorship reasons, is a men's T20 franchise cricket league of India. It is annually contested by ten teams based out of seven Indian cities and three Indian states. The leagu ...
*
Surendran Chandramohan
** Most international runs for Singapore at 756
*
Janak Prakash
Janak Prakash (born 16 August 2000) is a player for the Singapore national cricket team. Janak is an all-rounder. He also played for the Singapore U'19s at age of 16 in Sri Lanka. In October 2018, he was named in Singapore's squad in the East ...
** Most international wickets for Singapore at 40
*
Arjun Mutreja
Arjun Mutreja (born 3 May 1990) is an Indian-born Singaporean cricketer. He played in the 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament and was the highest scoring batsman for the tournament.
In August 2018, he was named in Singapore's ...
** Highest individual score for Singapore at 108 vs
Bermuda at
Selangor Turf Club
Selangor Turf Club is a horse racing track located in Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. It is one of three horse racing courses in the country; the other two are in Ipoh, Perak and Penang.
History
Selangor Turf Club was founded in 1896. For nearly ...
,
Kuala Lumpur on 27 October 2014
Cuesports
*
Peter Gilchrist
**1994, WPBSA World Champion
**2001, WPBSA World Champion
**2009, Gold Medalist, English Billiards (Singles), SEA Games
**World Record for highest billiard break at 1346
Football
*
Singapore Lions
Singapore FA was a representative team of footballers representing the Football Association of Singapore in domestic competitions run by the Football Association of Malaysia. This is separate from the Singapore national team. As it permits ...
**
Malaysia Cup
The Malaysia Cup ( ms, Piala Malaysia), formerly known as ''Malaya Cup'', is an annual association football, football tournament in Malaysia, held at the end of the calendar year. The cup was first held in 1921. Despite its prestige and popular ...
***24 times Champion
*
Singapore national football team
**
ASEAN Football Championship
***1998-Champions
***2004-Champions
***2007-Champions
***2012-Champions
*
Fandi Ahmad
**1983–1985, Played for
FC Groningen
Football Club Groningen () is a Dutch professional association football club based in Groningen, province of Groningen. Founded on 16 June 1971 as the successor of GVAV, the team compete in the Eredivisie, the highest tier of Dutch football. G ...
. Scored in a shock 2–0 against Inter Milan. In 1999, was voted one of the best 25 players ever to play for FC Groningen, earning him a place in the club's Hall of Fame. In 2003, he was named in the club's best eleven of the twentieth century.
**1988, Golden Boot Award, Malaysia Cup
*
V. Sundramoorthy
Varadaraju Sundramoorthy ( ta, வரதராஜு சுந்தரமூர்த்தி; born 6 October 1965) is a former Singaporean international footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, is widely touted as one of the country's mo ...
** Played at
FC Basel for Switzerland
*
Adam Swandi
Adam Bin Swandi (born 12 January 1996) is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Singapore Premier League club Lion City Sailors and the Singapore national team.
Personal life
Adam was born to father Swandi Ki ...
**Played at French division 3 team
FC Metz
*
Safuwan Baharudin
**Played at Australia top division team
Melbourne City
Netball
In 2005, the
Singaporean team won the
Asian Netball Championship
The Asian Netball Championship is a netball competition held every two years with teams from across Asia competing. First 7 editions were held every four years, then changed to every two years starting from 2012. Sri lanka is the reigning champi ...
with a win over the
Malaysian team with a score of 53–39 at the Finals.
Pétanque
*
Cheng Zhi Min
Cheng may refer to:
Chinese states
* Chengjia or Cheng (25–36 AD)
* Cheng Han or Cheng (304–338)
* Zheng (state), or Cheng in Wade–Giles
Places
* Chengdu
Chengdu (, ; Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese: 成都; pin ...
**2015, Bronze,
Malaysia Port Dickson Open Triples
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo's East Mal ...
in Port Dickson, Malaysia
**2015, Bronze,
2nd South-East Asia Petanque Association (SEAPA) Championship Phnom Penh, Cambodia
*
Goh Wee Teck
**2015, Bronze,
Malaysia Port Dickson Open Triples
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo's East Mal ...
in Port Dickson, Malaysia
**2015, Bronze,
2nd South-East Asia Petanque Association (SEAPA) Championship Phnom Penh, Cambodia
*
Shanti Prakash Upadhayay
Shanti may refer to:
In Sanskrit
* Inner peace, a state of being mentally and spiritually at peace, with enough knowledge and understanding to keep oneself strong in the face of discord or stress
* Kshanti, one of the paramitas of Buddhism
* Sha ...
**2015, Bronze,
Malaysia Port Dickson Open Triples
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo's East Mal ...
in Port Dickson, Malaysia
**2015, Bronze,
2nd South-East Asia Petanque Association (SEAPA) Championship Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Sailing
*
Benedict Tan
Benedict Tan Chi Loong (born 21 November 1967) is a former Singaporean sailor and a doctor. He competed in the Laser event at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Tan was the former president of the Singapore Sailing Federation (SSF) from 2010 to 2018.
...
**1994, Gold, Asian Games in Hiroshima, Laser class
**1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, Won Laser Gold in SEA games
*
Joan Huang Joan may refer to:
People and fictional characters
*Joan (given name), including a list of women, men and fictional characters
*: Joan of Arc, a French military heroine
*Joan (surname)
Weather events
*Tropical Storm Joan (disambiguation), multipl ...
and
Naomi Tan
Naomi or Naomie may refer to:
People and biblical figures
* Naomi (given name), a female given name and a list of people with the name
* Naomi (biblical figure), Ruth's mother-in-law in the Old Testament Book of Ruth
* Naomi (Romanian singer) (b ...
**1998, Gold, Asian Games, Ladies International 420 Class
*
Siew Shaw Her
Siew Shaw Her (; born 17 July 1957) is a former Singaporean sailor who started his sailing career in 1974. Siew won a gold medal at the Asian Games and six gold medals at the Southeast Asian Games. He also represented Singapore in the Summer ...
and
Colin Ng
Ng Wee Tai Colin is a Singaporean yachtsman best known for winning a gold medal in the 13th Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand.
Ng partnered Siew Shaw Her in the 13th Asian Games to win the International 420 class. In 1993, won Gold ...
**1998, Gold, Asian Games, Men's International 420 Class
*
Teo Wee Chin and
Terence Koh
Terence Koh (born 1977 in Beijing, China ) is a Canadian artist who has also worked under the alias "asianpunkboy". The artist's work spans a range of media, including drawing, sculpture, video, performance, and the internet. Originally workin ...
** 2005, Gold, Youth Sailing World Championship,
Busan, 420 class
*
Sarah Tan
Sarah Tan (born 1 August 1980 in the United Kingdom) is a British Channel V VJ and a 987FM DJ and a Singapore resident.
Her father is Chinese and her mother is English. She has two younger sisters, Kathryn and Laura. She attended an all-girls boa ...
and
Lim Tze Ting
Lim or LIM may refer to:
Name
* Lim (Korean surname), a common Korean surname
* Lim (Chinese surname), Hokkien, Hakka, Teochew and Hainanese spelling of the Chinese family name "Lin"
* Liza Lim (born 1966), Australian classical composer
Abbrevi ...
**2008, Gold, Asian Games, Women's International 420 Class
Silat
*
Sheik Alauddin
**1990, Gold, World Silat Championships in the Netherlands, 80–85 kg
**1994, Gold, World Silat Championships in Thailand, Men's Open
*
Muhammad Shakir Bin Juanda
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monot ...
**2012, World Pencak Silat Championships in the Class-I (85–90 kg) category
**2016, World Pencak Silat Championships in the Class-I (85–90 kg) category
*
Sheik Farhan
Sheik or Sheikh, literally "elder" in Arabic, is the honorific title for the ruler of a tribe.
Sheik or The Sheik may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''The Sheik'' (novel) a 1919 novel by Edith Maude Hull
* ''The Sheik'' (film), a 1921 ...
**2015, World Pencak Silat Championships in the Class-J (90–95 kg) category
**2016, World Pencak Silat Championships in the Class-J (90–95 kg) category
Squash
*
Pang Ka Hoe, Benedict Chan, Samuel Kang and Vivian Rhamanan
Pang may refer to:
Places
* Siem Pang District, Cambodia
* Pangnirtung or Pang, an Inuit hamlet on Baffin Island, Canada
*Fo Pang (Chinese: 火棚), an area of Kowloon, Hong Kong
*Pang, a hamlet in Leh district, Jammu and Kashmir, India
* Pang, ...
**2017, Gold, South East Asia Games, men's team
*
**2017, Silver, South East Asia Games, women's team
Swimming
*
Ang Peng Siong
**1982, Gold, US swimming Championships, 50 m freestyle, with 22.69 s, fastest time in 1982
**1982, Gold, Asian Games in New Delhi, 100 m freestyle
**1990, Silver, Asian Games, 50 m freestyle
*
Neo Chwee Kok
**1951, won 4 Golds, Asian Games in New Delhi, 1500 m, 400 m, 800 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m relay
*
Junie Sng Poh Leng
Junie Sng Poh Leng, (; born 6 June 1964) is a Singaporean former swimmer. She was a three-time double winner of the SNOC Sportswoman of the Year and the Sportsgirl of the Year awards in 1978, 1979 and 1980. Sng was awarded the Public Service ...
**1978, won 2 Golds, Asian Games, 400 m freestyle, 800 m freestyle, breaking Asian Games record in both events
*
Joscelin Yeo
Joscelin Yeo Wei Ling (; born 2 May 1979) is a former Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) from Nov 2006 to Apr 2011 and a former competitive swimmer from Singapore. Yeo won 40 gold medals at the Southeast Asian Games. She also represented S ...
**1993, won 9 Golds, 1 Silver, Southeast Asia Games
**1994, won 1 Bronze, Asian Games, 100 m fly
**1995, won 7 Golds, 2 Silvers, Southeast Asia Games
**1997, won 3 Golds, 1 Silver, 2 Bronzes, Southeast Asia Games
**1999, won 6 Golds, 2 Silvers, 1 Bronze, Southeast Asia Games
**2000, member of world-record setting and NCAA Championships, 200 m medley relay, with teammates from University of California
**2001, won 3 Golds, 4 Silvers, Southeast Asia Games,
**2002, won 1 Bronze, Asian Games in Busan, 100 m fly
**2003, won 4 Golds, 1 Silver, Southeast Asia Games,
*
Thum Ping Tjin
**Swam across the
English Channel in August 2005.
*
Tao Li
**2005, won 3 Golds and 1 Bronze, 23rd Southeast Asian Games
**2006, won 1 Gold and 1 Bronze at the 2006 Asian Games, another 1 Gold and 1 Bronze at Milo Asia Swimming Championships
**2007, won 4 Golds, 24th Southeast Asian Games
**2008, made it into the finals for the 100m butterfly event at the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
in Beijing, set two Asian records and the national record in the process, became the eighth fastest butterfly swimmer in the world and the first Singaporean swimmer to enter an Olympic final.
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Joseph Schooling
Joseph Isaac Schooling (born 16 June 1995) is a Singaporean professional swimmer who specialises in butterfly, freestyle and medley events. He was the gold medalist in the 100m butterfly at the 2016 Olympics, achieving Singapore's first ev ...
**2016, won Gold for the 100m butterfly event at the
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
in Rio de Janeiro
Table tennis
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Li Jiawei
**2001, Won 4 Golds, Commonwealth Championships in New Delhi
*** Woman's Singles,
*** Woman's Double, with Jing Junhong
*** mixed doubles, with Duan Yongjun
*** Women's Team Champion
**2002, Won 3 Golds, Commonwealth Championships,
*** Woman's Double, with Jing Junhong
*** mixed doubles, with Duan Yongjun
*** Women's Team Champion
**2003, Won US Open
**2004, Won US Open
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Jing Junhong
Jing Junhong, also stylized as Jing Jun Hong (; born October 13, 1968), is a Chinese-born Singaporean former professional table tennis player. Born in Shanghai, she was a highly ranked player in China before she moved to Singapore with her husb ...
**2001, Win 2 Golds, Commonwealth Championships, New Delhi
*** Woman's Double, with Li Jiawei
*** Women's Team Champion
**2002, Won 2 Golds, Commonwealth Championships,
*** woman's Double, with Li Jiawei
*** Women's Team Champion
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Duan Yongjun Duan may refer to:
* Duan (surname), a Chinese surname
** Duan dynasty, the ruling dynasty of the Dali Kingdom
* Duan tribe, pre-state tribe during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms in China
* Duan language, spoken on the Laotian–Vietnamese border
* D ...
**2001, Gold, Commonwealth Championships, mixed doubles, with Li Jiawei
**2002, Gold, Commonwealth Championships, mixed doubles, with Li Jiawei
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Feng Tianwei
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Wang Yuegu
Wang Yuegu (, ; born 10 June 1980) is a retired Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player who was ranked among the top ten players in the world. Wang made her inaugural appearance as a Singaporean table tennis player on the International Tab ...
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Yu Mengyu
Yu Mengyu (; born 18 August 1989) is a retired Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player. Born in Liaoning, China, Yu left China in 2006 at the age of 17 to join the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA).
She was part of the team that ...
Taekwondo
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Ng Ming Wei
Ng Ming Wei (Chinese: 黃名緯, born 20 November 1994) is a Singaporean taekwondo athlete and internet personality. He won a Kyorugi gold medal in the 2017 Commonwealth Taekwondo Championships Men's -58 kg, becoming the first Singaporean ...
** 2017, Gold, Commonwealth Championships (Men's -58 kg)
** 2015, Bronze, Southeast Asian Games (Men's -54 kg)
Track and field
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Chee Swee Lee
Chee Swee Lee (born 10 January 1955) is a Singaporean middle-distance runner who competed in the 400 and 800 metres. She competed in the women's 800 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Athletic career
At 14 years old, Chee represented Sing ...
**1974, Gold, Asian Games, 400 m
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Ng Liang Chiang
Ng Liang Chiang (; 4 August 1921 – 5 September 1992) was a Singaporean hurdler. Ng and sprinter Chee Swee Lee are the only Singaporeans with a gold medal in athletics at the Asian Games. He is a Singapore Sports Council Hall of Fame induc ...
**1951, Gold, Asian Games in New Delhi, 110 m hurdles
Weight lifting
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Chua Phung Kim
Chua Phung Kim (; 29 April 1939 – 4 August 1990) was a Singaporean weightlifter. He was a gold medalist in weightlifting in the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
Weightlifting career
Chua first took to the sport in 1960 after b ...
**1962, Gold, Commonwealth Games, bantamweight
**1970, Silver, Commonwealth Games, bantamweight
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Tan Howe Liang
Tan Howe Liang, (; born 5 May 1933 in Shantou, Guangdong, China) is a Singaporean weightlifter who was the first Singaporean to win an Olympic Games medal. He did this in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome where he won the silver medal in t ...
**1958, Gold, Asian Games in Tokyo
**1958, Gold, commonwealth Games, lightweight
**1960, Silver, Summer Olympic Games in Rome, lightweight
**1962, Gold, commonwealth Games, middleweight
Wushu
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Vincent Ng
**1995, Gold,
World Wushu Championships in Baltimore, United States
See also
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Sports in colonial times in Singapore
Sports in Singapore can be traced back to the colonial times where the earliest official records on sports were found. Sports had an important role to play as it helped to fill the idle hours for the colonials who had to wait for months for news ...
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National sport records in Singapore
The following lists the national swimming records for Singapore. They are the fastest times ever swum by a Singaporean in each long-course (50 m) event.
These records are kept/maintained by the country's national federation for swimming/aqua ...
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Foreign Sports Talent Scheme
The Foreign Sports Talent Scheme (FST), initially known as Project Rainbow, was a scheme used by sports officials and organisations in Singapore to scout and facilitate the migration of non-Singaporeans deemed to possess sports talent to play in S ...
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Culture of Singapore
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OCBC Cycle Singapore
OCBC Cycle is an annual mass participation cycling game event held on closed public roads which encourages riders of all skill levels to take part. The last edition was held on 8 May 2022.
OCBC Cycle featured in-person rides on closed roads in 2 ...
References
External links
Supercar Motorsports Dream Drive WebsiteSingapore Sports Council official websiteTeam Singapore*
Sports-related listings in SingaporeSingaporesports.sg – One-stop sports events and news site
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